So here we are – one of the two stages that can lay claim to being the queen stages of the race. Though the course is only 137.6km long we have five hard categorised climbs along the way, culminating in the finishing climb up the Passo Tapia. The five climbs, along with their statistics are:
Col de Marie-Blanque – 11km @ 5.3%
Col d’Ichere – 4.1km @ 7.3%
Col de Soudet – 18.5km @ 5.9%
Puerto de Larrau – 16.3km @ 7.4%
Passo Tapia – 9.2km @ 5.6%
We have a total of 46.6km worth of climbing today. It is interesting to note that the finishing climb is in fact probably the second easiest of all the passes taken in today, with only the Ichere being any easier. As we hit the first climb, the Col de Marie-Blanque, our break is still forming. Here is a quick look at the profile of the first two climbs of the course in some more detail.
We get a 7 man break forming on the climb: Jocelin Maillet Christophe Kern Max Oste-MacDonald Sergio Pardilla Matea Kvasina Jude Libert Daniel Teklehaimanot
It is an interesting group of mostly climbing domestiques here. Pardilla is the best placed but he is still 13’21” down so isn’t a huge threat on GC. It is also interesting to see some of the teams with highly placed GC riders getting a teammate in here – Pearl, Bacardi and Vesuvio all have riders high up on GC.
Meanwhile back in the peloton there is already a split as 73 cyclists drop back. Perhaps fearing a repeat of yesterday’s early rupture in the pack almost all the GC riders are in the first group. The only ones in this back group are: Nerz Scarponi Plaza
There is an expectation as we near the top that there will be a fierce fight for the points. The jersey will almost certainly change hands today based on this break. Yet, no one attacks and Pardilla rolls over in first ahead of Oste-MacDonald and then Kvasina. They have a lead of only 1’10” over the bunch, who really aren’t giving them a lot of rope.
Scarponi gets back into the peloton with a strong solo ride, while Plaza sits 3 minutes back and is working on his own to get up. Nerz is just sitting in this second group.
The gap to the front still isn’t huge and so three more riders try to get away to join the break: Woet Poels Peter Kennaugh Dan Craven
Surprisingly the rider in the bunch who controls this is the young Nikias Arndt. Perhaps B&O are looking for Guldhammer to have an aggressive race later?
There is only a 1 minute gap as the break hit the steep Col d’Ichere. Plaza manages to get back into the peloton and, fortunately for him, even Nerz’s large group gets back. This shows that the peloton have sat up somewhat and this is shown as the break cross the mountain prime 2’54” ahead. This time Oste-MacDonald takes the 10 points while Kvasina takes second and Kern third. Oste-MacDonald is really well placed in that competition now.
Perhaps looking for a bit more air time, Teklehaimanot leads the break on to the Col de Soudet. This is the longest climb of the day at 18.5km and it has a decent gradient of 5.9%. That gradient is a bit deceptive however, as there are several false flat sections that make it seems less steep than it actually is.
Though he hasn’t done a great deal it will still be a shame for their manager to see Michael Vanderaerden fall off his bike. He was struggling in a small group behind the peloton anyway but may have to worry about the time limit now. As it happens the peloton is so slow that even most of the sprinters he was with get back to the bunch.
Up front the competition for these mountain points gets slightly more interesting as Oste-MacDonald attacks for the mountain points. No one else is particularly interested but Kvasina keeps his good position by taking another second place ahead of Pardilla. This puts Oste-MacDonald equal on points with Jose Mendes, the current leader of the mountain classification.
The pack is led over 8’40” later and there are still 163 riders here, but with 2 climbs to go that isn’t likely to last much longer. Maximiliano Richeze is the next rider to fall out of the pack on the long descent to the next climb. That climb is the Puerto de Larrau. At 16.3km in length it is the second longest climb but with a gradient of 7.4% it is the absolute steepest on the course. There are several sections right through the climb which are over 10% in gradient. And all this combined means that things are going to get tough for some.
Indeed Santander decide to send Rienda Segura up to start to set the pace. This causes 50 riders to drop off the pace with 13.5km still to the summit of this climb. The gap to the break had maxed out around 9 minutes but now starts to creep down.
And with 8.4km to the summit we are going through one of the really steep sections. Here Eastman (19th) decides to put in a long-range attack. He is followed by Scarponi (33rd) and Hacecky (20th).
These 3 get a decent gap and it inspires more attacks: Duarte (18th) Nepomnyachsniy (35th) Ricco (7th)!
These three are brought back quickly by Lopez Garcia but quickly Duarte and Ricco attack away together and this time they get a gap!
These two manage to climb up to Eastman and Scarponi, who have now left Hacecky slightly behind. Realising that this is a potential opportunity to make back a lot of time we get an attack from Rujano (15th). This is great racing!
This group of 5 gets a gap of 1’20” over the bunch and is looking dangerous even with the rest of the course to come. As such a few more favourites decide to attack away: Schleck (9th) Guldhammer (11th)
And of course... Tenorio! Even the race leader is getting involved this far out!
This attack is controlled by Denifl... except Schleck who manages to force a gap! He starts to ride solo in front of the pack.
They reach the summit of the climb up front and this time several riders show an interest in the points. Pardilla is the one who leads over the climb ahead of Kvasina and the Oste-MacDonald. Oste-MacDonald is now in the provisional mountain jersey.
The gap has clearly been reduced by these attacks as Ricco leads his group over the top 5’12” later.
Schleck only has about 20” on the bunch behind him but four more riders now attack up right before the summit: Denifl (5th) Plaza (12th) Sanchez (10th) Guldhammer (11th)
They catch him over the top and the five riders start to descend together. They have a problem however, as behind them the now only 37 man peloton is led by Kulhavy, the Milka rider who is an incredibly good descender. This proves to be a good choice from his team as it proves enough to catch the five attackers.
Unfortunately, this increase in pace also leads to Nepomnyachsniy crashing out of the peloton. He was 35th at the start of the day and may risk losing some time, but more importantly he can’t support Uran now. Further back up the mountain Copeland falls.
So now the descent finishes and we get to the finishing section. There are some short foothills before we hit the Passo Tapia. The climb is a decent 9.2km long but it only averages 5.6%. Under normal circumstances this would not cause the biggest gaps but after a day of racing, who knows what could happen?
There are still about 4 minutes between the lead group and the peloton. As such Oste-MacDonald and Libert decide that they will attack away for the stage win. If they can put the others in trouble now then they could get an advantage later in the climb.
Several favourites put in an attack before we hit the climb: Denifl (5th) Machado (4th) Sanchez (10th) Contador (3rd)
Unfortunately for them Schleck controls this attack. It does have the effect of bringing in the attacking group of Ricco and Rujano, however. So now all the favourites are together for the final part of this race.
We now hit the very start of the climb and here is the situation:
16”
3’04”
3’20”
2 Leaders
--->
5 Chasers
--->
Peloton (45)
Ricco leads an attack as soon as the climb starts but there are just too many riders involved so the peloton has no problem controlling this one. The rider in 7th place is having a really aggressive ride today!
Eastman attacks away solo now and he gets a gap! And who is going to follow him? Ricco of course!
This seems to be a key move because as the bunch can see that it is working, we get a whole raft of attacks! Tenorio Machado Contador Plaza Hacecky Guldhammer
We have 3 of the top 4 riders here, but where is Nibali? If this group stays away his podium place might start to slip away. The pace is clearly high as these riders get up to Ricco and Eastman. Not only that but the two B&O riders can’t quite hold the pace and they start to slip backwards.
The two leaders and the chase group of former breakaway riders had come together but now the same two riders attack away again – Oste MacDonald and Libert. There are only 5km of climbing to go for them.
And now we have an absolute disaster! Guldhammer suffers a puncture just as he is about to be caught by the peloton! The group speeds past him and he is now behind in one of the many groups which have been shelled out the back. His 11th place is suddenly looking seriously endangered.
Tenorio is setting the pace in his elite group now. He causes Eastman and Plaza to lose contact, leaving just Ricco, Contador and Machado with him.
Kern now leads the chase group up to catch the two leaders who had ridden away. Not only that but Teklehaimanot has been dropped.
With just a few kilometres to go, Contador puts in a big effort! Could this be the biggest challenge to Tenorio’s leadership thus far?
And he isn’t the only one attacking. Up front Libert puts in his third effort to strike out for the stage win. With 1.7km to go it is down to one of the break to win this and the Belgian is determined to make it him.
Contador has a 20 second gap as Tenorio chases after him!
Meanwhile behind Nibali and Uran go clear from the others. Plaza, Denifl, Eastman and Valverde aren’t far behind them. This group of favourites is really breaking up.
Up front Kern brings Libert back. Maillet is well placed just behind him for the sprint here.
Kern has a bit of a lead but Maillet is closing in on him.
But Kern holds on for a marvellous and unexpected victory. Maillet is just under a bike length behind him. So close, yet so far.
Kvasina is third, Pardilla is fourth, Libert fifth and Oste-MacDonald is sixth rounding out the break.
But everyone is looking at the race behind for GC time! Tenorio gets a gap on Machado and Ricco and sets off after Contador under the kite!
And Contador sprints past the dropped Teklehaimanot and he still has a good gap over Tenorio.
And he comes to the line 1’03” after the break finish. So what will his gap be?
Tenorio limits his loss to 19 seconds, but that will surely be concerning to him with one more mountain finish to come, and that stage is much harder than this one. Teklehaimanot comes through just behind the race leader for ninth place.
Ricco and Machado are caught by Nibali and Uran and they come through 1’42” behind the winners. That’s 39” behind Contador and 20” behind Tenorio.
Finally, another 31” later Denifl, Schleck and Lopez Garcia come through.
And these guys are given a 13” gap over a bunch of riders containing most of the other favourites. Finally, Guldhammer’s puncture causes him to come in 4’06” behind the race winner, which is 1’40” down on this big group.
So today really did produce some decent gaps as well as the first serious challenge to the race leadership. Tenorio’s overall lead is now at 1’14” to fellow Spaniard Contador. Uran moves into 5th ahead of Denifl. Schleck overtakes Martin to move into 8th. As for the mountain jersey thanks to the finishing order Kvasina and Oste-MacDonald are actually tied on 48 points!
Stage Results:
1
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
4h32'59
2
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
3
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 14
4
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
5
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
6
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
s.t.
7
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'03
8
Justo Tenorio
Santander
+ 1'22
9
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
10
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 1'42
11
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
12
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
s.t.
13
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
s.t.
14
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 2'13
15
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
16
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
17
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 2'26
18
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
s.t.
19
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
s.t.
20
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
21
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
22
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
23
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
24
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
25
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
s.t.
26
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
27
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
28
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
s.t.
29
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
30
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
s.t.
31
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
s.t.
32
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
33
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
34
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
+ 3'33
35
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
36
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
37
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 4'06
38
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
39
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 4'52
40
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
41
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 5'25
42
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
+ 6'16
43
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 6'38
44
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 7'57
45
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
46
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
47
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
48
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
49
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
50
Didac Ortega
Santander
s.t.
51
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 9'23
52
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
s.t.
53
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
54
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 10'49
55
Ian Bibby
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 12'24
56
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 13'12
57
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
s.t.
58
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
59
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
60
Hector Duenas Nevado
Aker - MOT
s.t.
61
André Vital
Prio - Porto
s.t.
62
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
63
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
s.t.
64
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
65
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
66
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
s.t.
67
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
s.t.
68
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
69
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
s.t.
70
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
s.t.
71
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
s.t.
72
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
s.t.
73
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
74
Michael Albasini
UBS - BMC
s.t.
75
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
76
David Rosch
Pendleton's
s.t.
77
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
s.t.
78
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
s.t.
79
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
80
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
81
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
s.t.
82
Carlos Baltazar
Prio - Porto
s.t.
83
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
84
Bruno Silva
Prio - Porto
s.t.
85
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
+ 13'58
86
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
s.t.
87
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 15'36
88
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
89
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
+ 16'24
90
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
91
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
92
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
93
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
94
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
95
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
s.t.
96
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
s.t.
97
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
98
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
s.t.
99
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
100
Toms Skujins
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
101
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
s.t.
102
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
103
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
s.t.
104
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
105
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
s.t.
106
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
+ 16'56
107
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
108
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
s.t.
109
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
s.t.
110
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 17'35
111
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 19'51
112
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
s.t.
113
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
114
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
115
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
116
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
117
Mikel Landa
Wikipedia
s.t.
118
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
119
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
120
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
121
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
s.t.
122
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
123
Rob Partridge
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
124
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 20'29
125
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
126
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
127
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
128
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
s.t.
129
Anthony Roux
Team Bacardi
s.t.
130
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 20'48
131
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
132
Andrew Tennant
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
133
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
134
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 21'49
135
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 23'06
136
Kiel Reijnen
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
137
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
138
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
139
Ole Haavardsholm
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
140
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
141
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
s.t.
142
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
143
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
s.t.
144
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
145
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
146
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
147
Jack Bobridge
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
148
Meron Amanuel
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
149
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
s.t.
150
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
s.t.
151
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
s.t.
152
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
153
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
s.t.
154
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
s.t.
155
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
156
Sandy Casar
Control Team
s.t.
157
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
158
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
159
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
s.t.
160
Jonathan McEvoy
Pendleton's
s.t.
161
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
162
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
163
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
164
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
165
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
166
Gert Dockx
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
167
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
168
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
s.t.
169
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
170
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
171
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 24'59
172
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
+ 26'57
173
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
174
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 27'46
175
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
s.t.
176
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
s.t.
177
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
178
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
179
Viktor Renäng
Koenigsegg
s.t.
180
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
181
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
182
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
s.t.
183
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
184
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
185
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
s.t.
186
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
187
Daniele Ratto
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 31'22
188
Andrew Fenn
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
189
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
190
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 36'00
191
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
s.t.
General Classification:
1
Justo Tenorio
Santander
44h08'58
2
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
+ 1'14
3
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
+ 1'41
4
Tiago Machado
Pearl Adidas
+ 2'49
5
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
+ 3'22
6
Stefan Denifl
Wikipedia
+ 3'38
7
Riccardo Ricco
Team Bacardi
+ 3'42
8
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 4'27
9
Daniel Martin
Pendleton's
+ 4'39
10
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Project 1t4i
+ 4'41
11
Rubén Plaza
Prio - Porto
+ 6'01
12
Rafael Valls
Santander
+ 6'25
13
José Rujano
Pokerstars.com
+ 6'41
14
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 7'22
15
Robin van der Hugenhaben
Koenigsegg
+ 7'33
16
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 8'03
17
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 8'04
18
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'34
19
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 8'53
20
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
+ 8'55
21
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'32
22
David López Garcia
Santander
+ 10'28
23
David De la Fuente
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 11'38
24
Konstantin Siutsou
Pendleton's
+ 11'43
25
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
+ 12'09
26
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
27
Petar Panayotov
Pearl Adidas
+ 12'24
28
Hubert Schwab
Team Puma - SAP
+ 13'58
29
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 15'02
30
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 15'36
31
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 17'50
32
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 20'22
33
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
+ 21'13
34
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
+ 21'45
35
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
+ 22'18
36
Ian Bibby
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 23'42
37
Domenik Klemme
Team B&O
+ 24'26
38
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 25'58
39
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
+ 26'53
40
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 28'11
41
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
+ 28'43
42
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
+ 28'45
43
Ioannis Tamouridis
Festina-Canal+
+ 29'13
44
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
+ 30'40
45
Didac Ortega
Santander
+ 33'05
46
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
+ 34'14
47
Jelle Vanendert
Project 1t4i
+ 34'52
48
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
+ 36'14
49
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
+ 36'26
50
Joost Posthuma
Project 1t4i
+ 38'45
51
Michał Kwiatkowski
Team B&O
+ 39'51
52
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
+ 41'04
53
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
+ 41'12
54
Matthias Frank
UBS - BMC
+ 41'13
55
Michael Albasini
UBS - BMC
+ 41'36
56
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
+ 42'07
57
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
+ 44'20
58
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
+ 44'45
59
Jakub Kratochvila
Milka - AVG
+ 45'06
60
Riccardo Zoidl
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 45'57
61
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
+ 48'57
62
Ben Gastauer
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 50'08
63
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
+ 50'13
64
André Vital
Prio - Porto
+ 51'49
65
Anthony Roux
Team Bacardi
+ 51'59
66
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 52'08
67
Aitor Hernández Gutierrez
Santander
s.t.
68
Alex Kirsch
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 52'35
69
Toms Skujins
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 52'40
70
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 53'39
71
Mikel Landa
Wikipedia
+ 55'23
72
Nikias Arndt
Team B&O
+ 56'09
73
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
+ 56'29
74
Dan Craven
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 56'58
75
Bruno Borges
Prio - Porto
+ 56'59
76
Marcello Pavarin
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 57'15
77
Bauke Mollema
Festina-Canal+
+ 57'43
78
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
+ 58'44
79
Travis Meyer
Wikipedia
+ 58'53
80
Daniel Teklehaimanot
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 59'06
81
Jay McCarthy
Wikipedia
+ 59'47
82
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
+ 59'51
83
Chris Froome
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 59'53
84
Rafael Serrano
Santander
+ 1h00'43
85
Darwin Atapuma
Wikipedia
+ 1h00'54
86
Amaël Moinard
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h01'04
87
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h01'07
88
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
+ 1h01'13
89
Brent Bookwalter
Wikipedia
+ 1h01'42
90
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
+ 1h01'43
91
Hector Duenas Nevado
Aker - MOT
+ 1h01'54
92
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h02'02
93
Jelle Wallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h02'11
94
Nelson Oliveira
Prio - Porto
+ 1h02'19
95
Alexandre Shushemoin
Aker - MOT
+ 1h03'13
96
Artem Topchanyuk
Aker - MOT
+ 1h03'54
97
Johannes Heider
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h04'50
98
Jurgen Van Goolen
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h05'05
99
Jonathan McEvoy
Pendleton's
+ 1h05'47
100
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h05'51
101
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
+ 1h06'14
102
José Antonio Redondo
Koenigsegg
+ 1h06'48
103
Tom Diggle
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h07'10
104
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
+ 1h07'54
105
Simon Zahner
UBS - BMC
+ 1h08'16
106
Andrew Talansky
Wikipedia
+ 1h09'27
107
Matej Vysna
Milka - AVG
+ 1h09'51
108
Jesus Del Nero
Santander
+ 1h10'04
109
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h10'13
110
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
+ 1h10'27
111
David Rosch
Pendleton's
+ 1h10'57
112
Jack Bobridge
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h11'08
113
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h11'10
114
Mattia Pozzo
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h13'00
115
Pello Bilbao
Team Bacardi
+ 1h13'47
116
Ran Margaliot
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h14'10
117
Jakub Novak
Milka - AVG
+ 1h14'43
118
Andrew Tennant
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1h16'14
119
Marek Canecky
Milka - AVG
+ 1h16'21
120
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h17'27
121
Valerio Agnoli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h17'40
122
Alex Howes
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h18'25
123
Salvatore Mancuso
Team Bacardi
+ 1h18'29
124
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h19'45
125
Oliver Zaugg
UBS - BMC
+ 1h19'58
126
Tom Copeland
Pendleton's
+ 1h21'39
127
Steven Kruijswijk
Team B&O
+ 1h21'43
128
Jackson Rodríguez
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h22'19
129
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h23'24
130
Wesley Kreder
Project 1t4i
+ 1h23'33
131
John Degenkolb
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h23'44
132
Alex Dowsett
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1h24'22
133
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
+ 1h25'13
134
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h25'56
135
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h25'59
136
Carlos Baltazar
Prio - Porto
+ 1h26'36
137
Mattia Cattaneo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h26'48
138
Bruno Silva
Prio - Porto
+ 1h27'58
139
Tom Leezer
Pearl Adidas
+ 1h28'10
140
Sondre Sørtveit
Aker - MOT
+ 1h28'57
141
Leigh Howard
Milka - AVG
+ 1h29'50
142
Evgeni Sokolov
Team Bacardi
+ 1h30'11
143
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h30'44
144
Ivan Santaromita
UBS - BMC
+ 1h30'50
145
Chiaffredo Grippo
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h31'00
146
Welle Jallays
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h32'58
147
Tesfar Teklit
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1h33'11
148
Rob Partridge
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h35'08
149
Bassirou Konte
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1h35'19
150
Meron Amanuel
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1h36'36
151
Pedro Merino Criado
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 1h36'55
152
Alexander Wetterhall
Koenigsegg
+ 1h37'36
153
Fabio Felline
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h37'53
154
Edoardo Girardi
UBS - BMC
+ 1h39'04
155
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
+ 1h39'40
156
Erick Rowsell
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h41'27
157
Ole Hirschlein
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h42'00
158
Matthew Goss
Wikipedia
+ 1h43'29
159
Jetse Bol
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h45'37
160
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h45'51
161
Paride Grillo
Koenigsegg
+ 1h47'12
162
Ole Haavardsholm
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h47'39
163
Javier Aramendía
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 1h48'15
164
Mario Vogt
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
165
Wes Sulzberger
Simply Red Bull
+ 1h48'45
166
Lucas Sebastian Haedo
Aker - MOT
+ 1h50'30
167
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h51'35
168
Michael Faerk Christensen
Team B&O
+ 1h51'43
169
Niki Terpstra
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h52'12
170
Maximiliano Richeze
UBS - BMC
+ 1h53'26
171
Kiel Reijnen
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h54'17
172
Gert Dockx
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h54'46
173
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
+ 1h55'46
174
Marco Corti
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h56'23
175
Michael Matthews
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h59'19
176
Sten Stenersen
Team B&O
+ 2h00'26
177
Greg Van Avermaet
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 2h00'36
178
José Joaquin Rojas Gil
Aker - MOT
+ 2h02'15
179
Pedro Pablo Pereyra
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h03'59
180
Jon Aberasturi
Project 1t4i
+ 2h04'42
181
Armindo Fonseca
Pearl Adidas
+ 2h05'51
182
Jocelyn Bar
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
183
Lionel Coutinho
Prio - Porto
+ 2h10'10
184
Westley Gough
Milka - AVG
+ 2h10'31
185
Sam Bennett
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 2h16'43
186
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Festina-Canal+
+ 2h22'43
187
Michael Vanderaerden
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 2h30'00
188
Daniele Ratto
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2h34'14
189
Sandy Casar
Control Team
+ 2h38'14
190
Andrew Fenn
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 2h40'22
191
Viktor Renäng
Koenigsegg
+ 2h45'02
Points Classification:
1
Justo Tenorio
Santander
105
2
Dan Holloway
Pokerstars.com
81
3
Alejandro Valverde
Koenigsegg
75
4
Alberto Contador
Festina-Canal+
66
5
Frank Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
60
6
Vincenzo Nibali
UBS - BMC
59
7
Rigoberto Úran
Milka - AVG
57
8
Michael Van Stayen
Simply Red Bull
53
9
Damiano Caruso
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
52
10
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
50
Mountain Classification:
1
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
48
2
Max Öste-Macdonald
Koenigsegg
48
3
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
44
4
Jose Mendes
Prio - Porto
34
5
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
34
6
Justo Tenorio
Santander
32
7
Wilco Kelderman
Team Puma - SAP
28
8
Vegard Robinson Bugge
Aker - MOT
28
9
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
24
10
Jude Libert
Lotto - Cervelo
24
Team Classification:
1
Santander
132h40'19
2
Team Bacardi
+ 6'56
3
Pearl Adidas
+ 15'27
4
Lotto - Cervelo
+ 17'32
5
Team B&O
+ 18'11
6
Pendleton's
+ 19'50
7
Vesuvio - Accumalux
+ 20'20
8
Koenigsegg
+ 26'32
9
Festina-Canal+
+ 30'18
10
Wikipedia
+ 34'51
11
Milka - AVG
+ 36'15
12
Project 1t4i
+ 54'29
13
UBS - BMC
+ 1h02'09
14
Team Puma - SAP
+ 1h02'51
15
Prio - Porto
+ 1h09'47
16
Pokerstars.com
+ 1h11'15
17
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 1h26'22
18
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
+ 1h35'10
19
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 1h38'22
20
Jaguar - Eritel
+ 1h44'07
21
Aker - MOT
+ 2h34'50
22
Simply Red Bull
+ 2h40'33
Youth Classification:
1
Justo Tenorio
Santander
44h08'58
2
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
+ 7'22
3
Ryan Eastman
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
+ 8'34
4
Martin Hacecký
Team B&O
+ 8'53
5
Dominique Nerz
Team Puma - SAP
+ 9'32
6
Christoph Mai
Wikipedia
+ 15'02
7
Paolo Scarponi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
+ 20'22
8
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
